. >> hilda vasquez is 43, and has three other children and five grandchildren. hey all miss guadalupe. plus, the few dollars she used to earn were vital to the family. hilda rarely visits guadalupe in jail as she can't afford the $2 ticket for the bus trip. we took her with us to the capital, san salvador, so that she could be present for the pardon hearing. the country's political parties are currently campaigning for the elections in march -- a time when politicians are eager to be seen as humane. no petition for pardon has ever been turned down here before. although none has ever centered on a woman jailed on charges of murdering an unborn child. a small group of protesters are doing their campaigning too, outside parliament -- for guadalupe. hilda is touched to see strangers fighting for her daughter. >> it's so unfair what they've done to her. 30 years! it's unacceptable for her to have to stay in jail -- to serve this sentence for something she never did. >> today, parliament hears nine appeals for clemency. one man stole a boat, another sold drugs to child